2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB208 253

Amendment No. 253

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 208                                                                (BDR 50‑206)

Proposed by: Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 13 and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 3, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1. Chapter 574 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     1.  Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, an agency, board, commission or political subdivision of this state, including an agency, board, commission or governing body of a local government, shall not prohibit or impose restrictions that are more stringent than those set forth in this chapter concerning any of the following events in which an animal is used:

     (a) A rodeo;

     (b) A livestock show or exhibition that promotes the proper care, husbandry or performance of an animal; or

     (c) A circus or exhibition that is conducted in accordance with a permit issued by the United States Department of Agriculture.

     2.  As used in this section, “animal” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 574.050.

     Sec. 2. The provisions of section 1 of this act do not apply to any regulation or ordinance adopted before January 1, 2002, that prohibits or imposes restrictions that are more stringent than those set forth in chapter 574 of NRS concerning any event described in section 1.

     Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to animals; prohibiting an agency, board, commission or political subdivision of this state or an agency, board, commission or governing body of a local government in this state from prohibiting or imposing certain restrictions concerning certain events in which animals are used; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing regulation of certain events in which animals are used. (BDR 50‑206)”.